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Via Telemedicine and E-Health news Research groups at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley are developing sensor-based artificial skin that could provide prosthetic and robotic limbs with a realistic sense of touch. Stanford's project is based on organic electronics and is capable of detecting the weight of a fly upon the artificial skin, according to Zhenan Bao, professor of chemical engineering at Stanford. The highly sensitive surfaces could also help robots pick up delicate objects without breaking them, improve surgeons' control over tools used for...